Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

J. L. SIEPKES.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 599,871. Patelited Mar.1,-1 898.

flue 2mm UNITED STATES PATENT rion.

JOHN L. SIEFKES, OF WVEST POINT, OALIFORNIA,-ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE W.

BEATTY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTH ES-D'Rl ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,871, dated March 1,1898.

Application filed June 24:, 1897. Serial No. 642,104. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. SIEFKES, of West Point, in the county ofOalaveras and State of California,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Briers; and I do herebydeclare the following tobe a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

and thereafter to raise the drier to an ele-- vated point near theceiling, where the artito the ceiling.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed outin the course of the subjoined description.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is an interior perspective view ofa room, showing the improved clothes-drier complete and in operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section taken longitudinally ofone of the guides, showing the manner-of mounting the guide andelevating the drier. Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section on line X X ofFig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In carrying out this invention I employ two vertical guides or tracks 1,each of which is longitudinally grooved in one face,or,in other words,is composed of parallel side portions 2, connected at the back by a web3 andleaving an intervening groove, way, or space 4:, in which the endsof the drier-bar are received. These guides or tracks are intended to bearranged contiguous to the opposite walls of a room of any size, and theends of each guide or track are rotatably received in cup-shaped sockets5, secured to the wall or any convenient point by means of screws orother suitable fasteners 6, passing through oppositely-projecting ears 7of the sockets.

The guides or tracks extend preferably from the ceiling to a pointwithin convenient reach of the operator, so that the drier-bar orclothes-support (indicated at 8) maybe lowered sufliciently to place thearticles to be dried thereon. The drier-bar or clothes-support issectional, comprising, preferably, a central tubular section 9 and endsections 10, which are also preferably'tubular for the sake of lightnessand strength and which are slidingly fitted in the opposite ends of thecentral section 9, being held at any desired point of adjustment bymeans of binding-screws 11 on the central section 9. This constructionenables the support 8 to be extended or contracted to any desired extentlongitudinally. Each of the sections 10 is provided at its outer endwith a fork 12, in which is j ournaled a grooved pulley 13, which movesup and down in one of the ways 4, being guided by the part 1. Connectedat one end to one of the guides 1 is a cord 14, which extends downwardand passes around the pulley 13, thence upward and over a stationarypulley 15 at the top of said guide, and thence across to the other guideat the opposite side of the room, and thence over a pulley 16 anddownward,

where it may be fastened to a cleat or book may be lowered with equalfacility when the clothes are dried.

By journaling or pivotally mounting the guides l in the sockets 5 theguides 1 may be arranged directly opposite or diagonally opposite, orthey may be mounted on walls arranged at right angles to each other,according to the position in which it is desired to place the apparatus,the construction permitting the grooved sides of the guides to face eachother no matter where the guides may be located.

The apparatus is also well adapted for exhibition or advertisingpurposes and may be located in stores or in store-windows for displaying goods to advantage.

The device is also useful for other purposes which will readily suggestthemselves to the mind, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to theparticular use of drying clothes, but reserve to myself the right tochange, modify, or Vary the construction and arrangement within thescope of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a pair of substantially vertical guides, ofsockets in which said guides are journaled on longitudinal axes, and alongitudinally-extensible clothessupport having its ends arranged toslide upon said guides, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pair of substantially vertical guides formedwith longitudinal grooves and journaled on longitudinal axes, of asubstantially horizontal support carrying at its ends rollers adapted totraverse said grooves, and hoisting means for said support.

3. The combination with a pair of substantially vertical guides, of alongitudinally-extensible support made telescopic and composed ofrelatively-adjustable sections, the ends of the support being forked,and rollers or pulleys journaled in said fork ends and adapted to engagethe guides.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN L. SIEFKES. lVitnesses:

W. T. STEVENSON, E. G. WHITE.

